Re: Another angle on this....

I can.

But then again, I am old enough to remember when Microsoft intentionally broke Lotus 123: And why.

Daniel Morgan

Keith Boulton wrote:

> Nuno Souto <nsouto_at_optushome.com.au.nospam> wrote in message
> news:3c722c7a.2716089_at_news-vip.optusnet.com.au...
> > >>
> > >> > 8. Out-of-the-box retrieval of multi-record datasets at 1/40 the
> speed
> > >> > of SQL Server in my (highly optimised) ODBC usage (SQLBindCol,
> > >> > multi-record Chunked retrievals, etc)
> >
> > Hmmmm, I'd like to "scan" that problem in detail, but prolly no time
> > to do it. Strongly suspect that whatever you can do in DB2 or SS in
> > terms of performance you can also in Oracle. However you may have to
> > twiddle with the default. In that respect, I agree with your
> > frustration completely!
>
> Given the difficulty in getting information about using Oracle with
> Microsoft technology (ODBC, ADO) and the bugs you find, you'd almost think
> the two companies were entirely uninterested in their software working
> together - and I can't believe that's true.
Received on Tue Feb 19 2002 - 15:03:00 CST